MeTube: Self-hosted YouTube downloader

Post by rmm » Mon, Jul 29, 2024, 9:28 PM UTC

AyyEye wrote: post #71

rmm wrote: post #64

Does there exist a “light weight” YouTube self hosted clone. Something like plex for YouTube? I want to auto download videos from my favourite podcasts, but then have a super simple dashboard that shows the videos and lets me watch them.

Yep, just add the channels to a text file and itll download them for you and keep them up to date. Put the script into crontab. Zero running processes and only a couple of KB on disk. That's as Lightweight as you can get. https://github.com/TheFrenchGhosty/TheFrenchGhostys-Ultimate... You could have a shortcut or hotkey that reads it from your clipboard and appends. Just add the destination dir to your media player (…

Post by treflop » Mon, Jul 29, 2024, 9:50 PM UTC

Post by jobigoud » Mon, Jul 29, 2024, 10:17 PM UTC

thinkloop wrote: post #75

I wouldn't mind a single program like this that let's you download from all sources: youtube, reddit, ig, twitter, facebook, etc.

Post by davidbanham » Mon, Jul 29, 2024, 10:25 PM UTC

siddheshgunjal wrote: post #36

I don't understand one thing...why do you need to host it on a server? It can be just a standalone app on windows/Linux/mac. I recently just started using yt-dlp and have thought of making a simple app. Should I though? Are there any alternatives in existence of this kind?

Post by efilife » Mon, Jul 29, 2024, 10:50 PM UTC

thinkloop wrote: post #75

I wouldn't mind a single program like this that let's you download from all sources: youtube, reddit, ig, twitter, facebook, etc.